Belt.



PATENTBD NOV. 10, 1 903. P. F. KNOTHE.

BELT.

APPLIGATIOH FILED. 83212.4, 1903 H0 MODEL.

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THE mums PETERS on, Pwomufua. wnswm UN TED STATES Patented November 10,1903.

FRANK F. KNOTHE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 743,984, dated November10, 1903. Application filed $eptemher 4, 1903. Serial No. 171,960. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whont it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, FRANK F. KNOTHE, of New York, inthe county and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belts;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to'improvements in belts for personal wear, andhas for its object to provide means for protecting the labels attachedto such belts,whichindicate the size, makers name, trade-mark, dzc.,which shall prevent the labels from being torn, detached, or mutilatedin any way, while permitting the label to be easily read at all times.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will benow described, and the particular features of novelty pointed out in theappended claims. 4

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view looking atthe rear side of a belt embodying the present invention, part of thebelt being broken away. vFig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Similar letters of reference in both figures indicate the same parts.

In the accompanying drawings, the letterA indicates a belt, a portion ofwhich is broken away, which belt may be of leather or other suitable orusual material. Cl. he belt carries at one end a buckle B, of anypreferred construction, secured in place by passing the end 0 around therear bar I) of the buckle, doubling the same back on the belt proper,and securing it to the belt-body bymeans such as stitches at. Thesestitches a preferably-extend across the width of the belt, leaving theupper and lower edges of the end unattached, and the lines of stitchingare located at such distances from each other that a space or pocket isformed between the belt and end to receive a label or card 1). Thislabel or card D may bear any suitable inscription, but is designed togive the size of the belt, the makers name, and trade-mark, &c. To

enable the label D to be seen and easily read, an opening 0 is formed inthe turned-back wearer or with other objects, as other belts when packedfor shipment or storage, and consequently will not be injured by rubbingagainst the body of the wearer or by handling. The label will be keptclean and be at all times easily read, the portions of the end overlyingthe edges of the label keeping it in place. Ordinarily the label willfit tight enough between the belt and end to keep it in place; but, ifdesired, it may be pasted to the belt or turned-back end, or thestitches which secure the end to the belt may be caused to pass throughthe edges of the label or card, as shown in Fig. 2.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A belt for personal wear embodying a buckle and strap having aportion of its lengthformed of two layers of material secured together,the inner layer of material having an opening therein and a labellocated between the two layers and exposed through the opening;substantially as described.

2. A belt for personal Wear embodying a buckle, a strap having its endpassed through the buckle doubled back on itself and secured to the bodyof the buckle at two points, said end having an opening therein betweenthe points of attachment and a label held between the body and end andexposed to view through the said opening; substantially as described.

3. The combination with a buckle, of a belt having its end turned backon itself through the buckle and secured to the body of the belt withthe upper and lower edges of the turned-back end unattached, said endhaving an opening therein and a label held between the end and body ofthe buckle and exposed through the opening in the end; substantially asdescribed.

FRANK F. KNOTHE.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN J. PLUNKETT, L. E. REID.

